Best Captain for Gameweek 6 - Fantasy Football Community

The new round of Fantasy Premier League is approaching with haste. So, here, in this article we take a look at the best captain for Gameweek 6.

After his goal and nine-point return against Arsenal, Erling Haaland (£15.3m) will be the Gameweek 6 captain for many in Fantasy Premier League (FPL).

However, Arsenal’s plum home tie against recently promoted Leicester City brings Mikel Arteta’s attacking fulcrums to the fore.

Options from Liverpool, Brentford and Chelsea provide the supporting cast.

As usual, Captain Sensible highlights which assets have the best chance of hauling.

First, we will assess the fallout of the captain poll. We will analyse the best options, Rate My Team’s (RMT) points projections and the Premier Fantasy Tools ratings ahead of Saturday’s 11:00 BST deadline.

THE CAPTAIN POLL

Erling Haaland opened the scoring in Manchester City’s 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Super Sunday. That was his 100^th career goal in City’s blue finery.

In a top-of-the-table clash loaded with tension and drama, the match descended into a high-stakes game of attack v defence with City on top throughout the second half.

Haaland was dominant with his six efforts in the box and five shots on target. Both were division-leading totals among all players in Gameweek 5.

The former Salzburg marksman is backed by just over half of our users.

Meanwhile, Bukayo Saka (£10.0m) was withdrawn at half-time at the Etihad Stadium. This came as Mikel Arteta went full ‘catenaccio’ with his defensive line.

Any injury concerns for Saka were allayed by his Carabao Cup appearance on Wednesday night.

Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) occupies third place with 11.2% of the vote, with Luis Diaz (£8.0m) and Ollie Watkins (£9.0m) way further back.

THE PLAYER STATISTICS

Haaland’s numbers are by far the best on show over the first five matches. He’s first for efforts in the box (24), shots on target (19) and non-penalty xG (4.37).

Meanwhile, Watkins ranks joint-best for big chances (10), level with Haaland. Furthermore, he sits in the top three for shots in the box (13) and non-penalty xG, with a tally of 2.94 according to our partner Statsbomb.

Elsewhere, Salah’s potent dual threat continues. His 17 goal attempts are bettered by just Haaland. His 16 attempts in the box and 11 shots on target are also second-best.

Creatively, Salah also impresses. He sits in the top three here for both big chances created (four) and key passes (12). The all-round threat is reflected in his non-penalty involvement tally of 4.06 – a total that only Haaland bests in this sample.

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